TAKE CARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT, TAKE CARE OF YOU

Environmental health is fundamental to your quality of life. In this article I focus on the negative aspects of the environment that influence your health and the health of your loved ones.. And I point out some solutions that depend on you, in interior spaces.

Did you know that health and the environment are closely linked?

The water we drink, the The air we breathe, the noise we are exposed to, radiation, the electrical installations at home or in the workplace, hygiene and cleaning products… Our daily life, our everyday life, is made up of factors that can affect our well-being. We don’t see them, but they are there. If you take care of environmental health you will be taking care of your own health and you will gain in quality of life.

We live in the age of technology, the advances and innovations in this sector are increasing, but so is our exposure to its risks.

Nowadays, it is not enough to take care of ourselves inside and out; we must also take care of the quality of our surroundings, of our environmental health. Not only is it essential to go to a specialist when something hurts or to maintain an optimal level of hygiene, but we must also do our homework in everything related to our environment.

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What are these tasks?

Collect and recycle the waste we generate.
Use water rationally.
Consume energy responsibly.
Consume quality food.
Use of environmentally friendly cleaning products, etc.

The concept of environmental health is not new

As defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is “the discipline concerned with all the external physical, chemical and biological factors of a person. In other words, it encompasses environmental factors that could affect health and is based on the prevention of disease and the creation of environments conducive to health.. Therefore, any behaviour not related to the environment, as well as any behaviour related to the social and economic environment and to genetics, is excluded from this definition.

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The most obvious negative effects on our health are, unfortunately, already part of our daily lives and some, or some of them, will be familiar:

Headaches.
Stress.
Insomnia.
Asthma.
Irritability.
Lack of concentration.

In some cases, according to international research, these environmental factors may even trigger neurological developmental disorders, immune system disorders or childhood cancer (tobacco smoke, exposure to solvents by parents may be the cause).

Humans are absolutely dependent on the environment and are therefore highly vulnerable to environmental change.. Climate changeThe global warming, without going any further, is causing and will cause, if not drastically curbed, major transformations in the health of the world’s population.

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The solution is in our hands and it is not complicated. Of course, we cannot eliminate all polluting factors, because we live in a society in which they are so pervasive. But it does we can act locally. At homeIn the office, in the business we run. It all adds up.

Fortunately, we can all do our bit to repair the damage done to environmental health. In addition, there are professional options to considerably improve the environmental health of your home or workplace and thus gain in quality of life..

Shall we talk? #Bhitalcuidadeti.

Dr Carmen Romero